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Twitter avoids sharing information on bot accounts

Elon Musk on Friday said that Parag Agrawal-led Twitter is avoiding sharing information on the actual number of bot and spam accounts on his platform, as his leadership team sought documents from advertising technology firms working for the micro-blogging platform. His legal team subpoenaed two ad tech firms -- Integral Ad Science (IAS) and D...

Airtel pays Rs 8,312.4 cr to DoT for 5G spectrum

Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has paid Rs 8,312.4 crore to the Department of Telecom towards dues for spectrum acquired in the recently concluded 5G auctions, the company said on Wednesday. With the payment, Airtel has paid four years of 2022 spectrum dues upfront. Airtel said it believes that this upfront payment, coupled with the morato...

QYOU Media launches ChtrSocial to enable brands to become creators

QYOU Media Inc. on Tuesday announced that its subsidiary Chtrbox, one of India's leading creator-powered companies connecting brands and social media influencers, is launching a new division, ChtrSocial.

Tata Play Binge expands its OTT platform

Taking viewers a step closer to the heart of regional entertainment, one of India’s leading content distribution platforms, Tata Play (formerly known as Tata Sky), brings the best and the largest library of OTT platforms across Indian languages under one roof with the addition of three new OTT platforms– Planet...

BARC Rating 31st Week: Sun TV tops all genres; Star Plus leads in HSM

Broadcasting Audience Research Council (BARC) 31st Week (30th July – 5th August 2022) has released its report. Sun TV continues to dominate the list of top 10 channels for the past few weeks across all genres (All India 2+), the channel registered 2473. 53 impressions. Star Maa is in the second spot with 2229.54 impressions, and Star Plus ...

Ormax Media, Film Companion release ‘O Womaniya!’ report

Media consulting ﬁrm, Ormax Media, and entertainment platform, Film Companion released their initiative on female representation in the Indian entertainment industry, titled O Womaniya! The report is supported by Prime Video, India’s most loved entertainment hub. The report highlights the on-screen and off-screen representation of women, by a...

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“This initiative will empower subscribers to pay online and subscribe to the channels they want to watch and get it activated on their TV sets in real-time without any delay. Without needing to undertake any software development, LMOs can approach Mobiezy for their pre-built and pre-integrated solution that uses NXTDigital’s news APIs and can be up and running with their own mobile apps within just a few days.”

RU Ediriwira, Group CTO, NXTDigital Limited

“With the launch of Partnership for Growth 3.0 we intend to expand our network with 40 new NXTHUBs, each offering up to 650 live TV channels and broadband. Our efforts are focused on harnessing the convergence of technologies, developing robust apps and creating new business models that will help the overall ecosystem, delivering the best experience to our subscribers. We hope to achieve a stronger foothold in the rural regions of the country and grow our subscriber base.”

N.K. Rouse, COO, NXT Digital Ltd

“One of the key principles of the Hinduja Group is ‘Partnership for Growth’. After 2.0 saw the launch of HITS to connect LMOs in even the most remote locations through the only satellite-based cable TV platform in India; 3.0 focuses not just on strengthening the overall ecosystem we have built, but harnessing the convergence of technologies – to be delivered through a national network of NXTHUBs. Video and broadband are only the beginning of the digital highway of services that we have developed for roll-out backed by a robust suite of innovative apps developed by service providers exclusively for our LMOs and subscribers.”

Vynsley Fernandes, MD & CEO, NXTDigital Limited

“Wireline broadband is becoming ever more important not only in connecting homes across the country but also small to large enterprises-to the digital economy. The NXTHUBs will be the perfect point-of-presence to offer broadband services to cater to these consumer needs.”

Yugal Kishore Sharma CEO, ONEOTT Intertainment Limited

Amazing and grim battle for survival. Guess it will end up in Supreme Court. All that NCLT asked Zee to do was to file a reply to Invesco petition for a EGM. Now this is getting too serious. So far Invesco has been hammered for demanding an EGM. What is Zee upto? Ofcourse my lawyer community knows better!